St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-24
HE'LL STEER THE SHIP.
Gov. Church, Of Dakota, Proposes to Run
Things in Way to Suit
HIMSELF
Which Plan is Also Acceptable to the Rank
and File of Territorial Dem.
Ocrats.
Appointments Decided On and Sent
in Yesierday--D Division and
Admission.
A Minnesota Man's Wife Found L1v.
ing With Another Fellow in
Wisconsin.

A Minnesota Mans Wife Found L1v-
ing With Another Fellow in
| Wisconsin.
| Special to the Globe.
| BISMARCK, Dak., Feb. 23-The fight
over the appointment of railroad COM
miSsioners is ended, and some of the con-
testants are happy and some are gritting
their teeth. Friday Gov. Church will send
to the council for confirmation of members
of the board of railroad commissioners the
! names of Abe BOynton. of Aberdeen, and
! n. r. Smith, of the Huron Times, as pre-
dicted three days ago by the GLOBE. In
] the fight for appointment between Frank
EWillSon and Alex Griggs, the latter has
Won, and heg has been reappointed to the
| position he now occupies and his confirma-
! ton is assured. Wilson made strong
| fight against Griggs. but the powers were
too strong against him, and he was knocked
out 1t is under stood that Col. West, the
present secretary Of the board, is candi-
date for reelection, with good chances
of winning. Smith, the Huron member is
a Republican. The other members are
Democrats. 1t was the intention of Gov
Church to send in the appointments to-day.
but in compliance with request made of
him agreed to hold them until Friday. He
says that no change will be made as he
made the appointments after careful coll
sideration. Van Epps. of Sioux Falls, who
was reaching out for an appointment on
this board left home several days ago for
| here, but got stuck in snow drift near
Oakes and has not been able to get in. Abe
Boynton has been repeatedly established in
the Bismarck land Office as successor to
| John Rea by the Republican papers, but
while it is generally understood that he
could get there if he wanted to, he is re-
ported as having said that it would kill him
if he was cooped up there Abe is some
thing of hustler after his style and he
wants to be in position that will enable
i him to get round among the boys.
UP FROM THE SOUTH.
The governor to day sent sealed mes
sage to the council. 1t contained the ap-
pointment of P. a. Mcclure, of Pierre, to
the office OF commissioner of immigration.
The GLOBE predicted this morning that
| this appointment would be given to Mr..
Mcclure. 1t was a surprise to number
Of confident candidates, who take it sadly
to heart. This appointment is another
step taken by the new executive showing
that he proposes to do about as he has a
mind to, and up to the present time South
Dakota has been given decidedly the best
of the deal. All the other candidates for
this office that showed up on the surface
were Northern men. Lauren Dunlap, who
organized the department of commissioner
OF immigration for the territory, and who
is succeeded by Mr.. Mcclure,
says he is, highly pleased with
Mr. McClure'S appointment. as he knows
him to be a man well fitted tor the office
Mr.. Duniap's commission expires March 13.
but he will probably assist in the perform
ance of the duties of that Office for two and
perhaps three months. Gov. Church COM
| plimentS Mr.. Dunlap very highly on the
Office, and had he been a Democrat the
chances are he would have been reap
pointed, but unfortunately he is OF the
wrong side of the fence.
FIGHTING A MONOPOLY
A bill introduced to-day by WalZmuth,
of the Black Hills, providing that telephone
companies shall not charge greater rental
than S3 per month. is the outgrowth of the
advantage taken of the citizens of Dead
| wood by the telephone company doing buSi-
ness in that town. The business is a nIonop-
oily, and the regular charge made by them
for the use Of each instrument is 81, 81
more than is charged for the same length OF
time by companies in other localities. Mr..
WalZmuth says the plant cost but SIS, 900,
and that the company is making $50. 000
annually out of the people of Deadwood.
At times the lines are down two or three
weeks, and no use can be made Of the in
StrumentS, but the business men renting in
struments refusing to pay for the time that
the wires are down, the company removes
/ fbn Instruments anH raflcoc IN oIlO1xy fI,Oco
men to use any other instruments in the
city. The citizens have frequently made a
fight against this imposition without salts
faction. and they concluded to make a law
that would hold the hungry monopoly in
check. The bill will undoubtedly become
q law.
DIVISION AND ADMISSION.
Another wrath of the past appeared TO-
day i'll the shape of joint resolution in
i troduced by Patten, of Miner, declaring in
favor of division and admissions:
BE it resolved by the council and house of
4 Representative of the territory of Dakota,
4 That the proceedings of the late constitu-
tional convention, assembled by authority of
law to frame constitution for South Dakota,
| meets our most hearty Endorsement and ap-
prova.
Resolved, That the course pursued by the
people of South Dakota. through their repre-
| and the officers elected under the coustitll-
ton, has been wise, patriotic and courageous
and we pledge them our hearty cooperation
in efforts to secure those rights which have
been guaranteed by the most solemn com
| pacts OF the general government and the
continued refusal of which must be viewed
with alarm by all friends of home rule and
good government. ..-
Resolved, That North Dakota by reason OF
its territory, its Developments, its resources
-, IL.
telligence of its inhabitants, is entitled to Q
speedy admission into the Union upon an
equal footing with other states.
1t will be an exceedingly cold day when
this resolution passes the house, and the
probabilities are that day cold enough to
insure its passage will not show up during
this session. 1t will be man with power
full influence indeed that will get a North
Dakota man to go on record as voting in
favor of this resolution. 1t is dead letter.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
The following bills were introduced:
Ensign-An act providing that counties
can issue bonds for county buildings under
certain regulations.
WaIzmuth-A general law to regulate tele-
phone companies.
lendenning-Addtional eyemptions for
timber culture.
Gilbert-To change the name of the Dakota
| Brokerage and investment company to the
American Brokerage and Investment COM
| pany.
Patten, of Miner-Providlng for an appro-
priation of S55,000 for the normal school at
Madson; also resolution in favor of divi-
| sion and admission
Aikens-For railroad companies to appoint
police.
Williams, of Burleigh-Providing for q
| board OF charities and correction to consist
| of four members.
House Bill 46 requiring county treasurers